Article of manufacture



March 19, 1935. w, WRE'AD 1,994,976

ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE Filed May.29, 1930 :2- I; [NVENTOR zl/zzzzam MeadPatented Mar. 19, 1935 foairEo* srATEs ,"PAT 'N OFFICE v "William E.Wread, Lo's Angle's', C'alif., assigncr to W.: H. Fabry, Alhambra,Calif.

. Application May 29,1930, Serial No.*'456,877

3 Claims. (o1. 189-46) This invention relates to an article ofmanufacture formed of sheet metal bent into such shape or shapes thatthe same'isparticularly adapted for usein connection with the making offrame constructions for-openings in building walls as more particularlyset forth in my copending application filed March 24, 1930, Serial No.438,402

An objectof my invention is to provide a novel article of manufacturefrom a single strip of sheet metal which is bent into such form or shapeas to provide a novel strip for use in connection with frameconstructions for window or door openings.

An object is to provide a novel article of manufacture formed of asingle strip of sheet metal bent into such form as to provide eitherjamb or header members having a casing member integrally associatedtherewith.

Another object is to provide a novel article of manufacture formed of asingle strip of sheet metal that is bent to form a suitable frameconstruction for openings in building walls and which is provided withintegral inner and outer flanges for flashing purposes. I Another objectis to provide a novel article particularly useful in the construction offrame members for double hung or French windows or door openings.

Other objects are simplicity, cheapness of construction and ease ofassembly whereby a frame construction for openings in building walls maybe formed and in which a jamb member, inner and outer casing members aswell as flashing members and stops are provided in a single strip ofsheet metal.

A feature of this invention is to provide a novel strip of sheet metalbent into such form that it may be used to provide a complete andunitary jamb member having inner and outer casing members integraltherewith as well as stop members and flanges upstanding from saidcasing members, and having locking beads formed thereon, and theadvantage of such feature is that a frame construction may beprovidedwhich will eliminate cost of labor and inconvenience of assemblyand handling as is the case heretofore, where such frame construction isformed of several pieces.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detail description and the appendedclaims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention in some of the formsI at present deem preferable.

jFi'gure l i's a perspective view of an article of manufactureconstructed inv accordance with my invention and adapted for use inmaking a frame construction for double hung windows.

'Fig. 2 is a fragmental plan view of the article showninFig. 1. H Fig. 3is a perspective view of a modified form of an article ofmanufacture'constructed in -a'c- I cordance with my invention andadapted for use in making a fra e construction for French Windows ordoor openings. I I v v Fig. 4 is a fragmental plan view ofthearticleshown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view showing the article of v in placein a wall structure, a'fragment of which is shown. The'inventioncomprises forminga single elo n-' gated strip of sheet metal intosuitable form by bending the same into the cross-sectional shapes shownin either Figs. '1 or 3. Such forming or manufacture bending may beaccomplished'by hand or by suitable machinery built for that purpose. v

A strip of sheet'metal of predetermined width and length is bent alongits body "portion -1'" to form an outer recess 2 that extendslongitudinally therealong and may be adapted to receive a parting beadin double hung window frame constructions; a stop member 3 is formed inand longitudinally along, the body portion, in parallelism with recess 2and on each longitudinal side of the body portion and on opposite sidesof the stop memberB, the strip of sheet metal is bent upon itselfintermediate its ends to form casing members 4 and the freelongitudinaledges of the strip are bent at approximately right angles to the bodyportion so as to extend in parallelism with each other and formimperforate flanges 5 that provide suitable flashing means forconnecting the article to studding in building walls. The casing members4 are each provided with a suitable flat topped projection 6 formedtherein and offset therefrom to provide a ground for plastering and alocking bead for plaster or siding of building Walls together with agroove '7 which is provided in each casing member 4 between eachprojection 6 and each respective flange 5 to receive the edges of lathand plaster or siding used in building walls. The rounded portion ofeach casing member that extends outwardly from each projection 6 or theground formed thereby, is adapted to extend beyond the strip so as toextend in a direction opposite to the stop member 3.

In Fig. 3 the construction shown is particularly adapted for use inframeconstruction for so-called French windows or door openings, and in whichthe body portion 1 forms a jamb member and has a stop member 3'extending along its length, casing members 4 similar to casing members 4are formed at each longitudinal edge of the jamb member 1' and suchcasing members are preferably offset as at a to provide room for theenlarged part of the butt of the closure hinge. Projections 6 andgrooves 7' having flanges upstanding therefrom and extending away fromjamb member 1' are also provided for analogous purposes to that referredto'in connection with Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the strip of metal is bent uponitself as at b and has its longitudinal edges spaced from each otherand-extending in parallelism therewith so as to provide 'a substantiallyU-shaped member in cross-section.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoingconstruction provides flanges 5 or 5 which are imperforate, and when aframe construction made from my new article of man-' ufacture is fittedin openings in building walls, such flanges 5 and 5' provide suitableflashing means which prevents wind and rain from penetrating through thewall at the joint of the frame construction with the studding of thebuilding wall. The recesses 7 and 7 formed behind the projection 6 and6' provides a suitable plaster locking bead which may receive the lathfor plastering and the plaster. so that when the wall is finished, theplastering may be worked to the ground line formed .by the outer edge ofthe projections 6 or 6, and the plaster line will be protected by theircasing members 4 and 4. This provides a finished wall in which a moreperfect joint between the plaster and the casing member than hasheretofore been possible to obtain, and the flashing flanges 5 and 5tend to support the plaster and prevent the same from shrinking orswelling away from the ground line joint heretofore referred to.

I claim:

1.An article of manufacture comprising a strip of sheet metal bent uponitself intermediate its edges to form casing members and a jamb member;said jamb member being bent to form a stop member and also being bent-toform a recess extending from said jamb member opposite said stop memberand adapted to receive a parting bead; and the longitudinal edges ofsaid sheet metal strip being bentso as to exvtend in substantialparallelism with each other of a building wall, there being alongitudinally extending projection in outwardly spaced. parallelrelation to each of said edge portions and a longitudinal recess betweensaid projection and edge portion.

3. An article of manufacture comprising a strip of sheet metal bent uponitself intermediate its edges to form casing members and a jamb member;said casing members being offset from said jamb member; the longitudinaledge por-' tions of said sheet metal strip being bent so as to extend insubstantial parallelism with each other and form a space therebetweenadapted to receive the studding of a building wall; there being alongitudinally extending projection in outwardly spaced parallelrelation to each of said edge portions and a longitudinal recess betweensaid projection .and edge portion. I

- WILLIAM E. WREAD.

